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Researchers at the University of Otago are at a crucial stage in developing a cancer vaccine using the rabbit calicivirus disease (RCD).

Intensive farming destroying native plants; top school's coach barred; from rabbit virus to cancer vaccine?Intensive farming destroying native plants; top school's coach barred; from rabbit virus to…

Actress Lynn Redgrave has died of breast cancer at the age of 67, just a few weeks after the death of her actor brother Corin.

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new treatment for advanced prostate cancer that uses a patient's own immune system.

The Pacific Association of Radiation Survivors says US legislation that would enable Guam victims of nuclear weapons test radiation to make compensation claims may need reworking. The bill in the...

New Zealand signs up to declaration on indigenous rights; one of New Zealand's richest men effectively pays no tax; last minute, $500,000 Lotto win.

AgResearch has been given approval to continue its work with genetically modified cattle to produce therapeutic proteins in milk.

The American left-hander Phil Mickelson has won the Masters golf tournament at Augusta, where Tiger Woods blew his chances with an eratic final round. Mickelson finished the final round on 16 ...

Australian police are trying to find out whether a doctor deliberately infected 12 women with hepatitis C at a Melbourne abortion clinic.

Malcolm McLaren, a British impresario best known for managing the punk band, the Sex Pistols, has died. He was 64.

Actor Christopher Cazenove, best known for his role in the television series Dynasty, has died from septicaemia. He was 66.

Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She will start six weeks of radiation therapy in May.

Martina Navratilova, one of the finest female tennis players of all time, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The 53 year old Czech-born American has told People magazine ...

US actor John Forsythe, the former Dynasty star and voice of Charlie in the Charlie's Angels TV series and films, has died at the age of 92.

Artist Don Peebles, regarded as a founding father of the post-war abstract movement in New Zealand art, has died at the age of 88.

The French nuclear test veterans organisation, AVEN, has written an open letter to the French defence minister to denounce the government's stance on compensating test victims. AVEN says the law,...

Raiha, Lady Mahuta, a Waikato-Tainui negotiator for the Waikato River claim, has died after a long battle with illness. She was 67. Audio

Margaret Moth, the award-winning New Zealand camera operator shot in Sarajevo in 1992, has died of cancer in the United States. She was 59.

China's food safety watchdog has ordered inspections of cooking oil nationwide following reports that up to a tenth of Chinese supplies are illegally made and contained cancer-causing agents.

Lance Mackey has won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, becoming the first musher to notch four consecutive wins in the world's most famous dog-racing event. Mackey reached the finish line ...